WWII vet's body exhumed after grave disturbance at Fort Snelling

The Hennepin County Sheriff says authorities have exhumed the body of a World War II veteran at Fort Snelling after a maintenance worker discovered a large amount of dirt disturbed in and around the grave. Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek would not release the man's identity, or say if the veteran's casket had been tampered with or the man's body disturbed.

The Hennepin County Sheriff says authorities have exhumed the body of a World War II veteran at Fort Snelling after a maintenance worker discovered a large amount of dirt disturbed in and around the grave. Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek would not release the man's identity, or say if the veteran's casket had been tampered with or the man's body disturbed.

Authorities have identified the body of Minnesota veteran exhumed from his grave at Fort Snelling Thursday. Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek says the body of the World War II veteran Edward John Redhead was exhumed after a maintenance worker discovered a large amount of dirt disturbed in and around Redhead's grave.

A World War II vet finally got the medal he earned over 60 years ago. Jack Olson of Wisconsin was awarded the purple heart but would not accept it at the time. He was afraid his mother would learn he had been hurt.

The bodies of a 43-year-old Minneapolis man and of a 53-year-old Princeton, Minn., man, were found in Lake Winnibigoshish in Cass County in north-central Minnesota on Sunday, one day after their boat capsized in windy conditions. Their names had not yet been released.

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Perham is among nearly a dozen cities across the country to host the "Our Lives, Our Stories: America’s Greatest Generation” exhibit, the Detroit News Tribune reports. The national World War II exhibit is now on display at Perham's In Their Own Words Veterans Museum and will run through Oct. 20.